Senior Night: Though seniors Adrienne Webb and Bianca Lutley will take the court for the last regular-season home game against Alabama they will play in an LSU uniform on Thursday, it most likely won't be the last time they roam the hardwood of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

With a 77-72 victory against No. 10 Kentucky on Sunday, the Lady Tigers all but secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament, the first and second round of which LSU will be hosting. But nothing is set in stone, especially if the Lady Tigers are unable to secure a win against the cellar-dwelling Crimson Tide.

"I'm very proud of our two seniors," said LSU Coach Nikki Caldwell. "They have definitely made our team better because of their leadership. Adrienne Webb has a work ethic that you can't teach. Bianca Lutley is having the best season of her career. Both of them are getting their college degrees on time and that is the most important thing out of all of this."

In their final seasons at LSU, Webb and Lutley have each enjoyed career-best seasons. Webb leads the team in minutes played and paces the team from behind the arc with a team-leading 32 3-pointers. Spending time at four different positions this season, Lutley has averaged a career-high 10 points and four rebounds per game.

Webb and Lutley will be honored in a ceremony at 6:45 p.m. prior to tip-off at 7 p.m., but both are holding out hope that this won't be the last opportunity for LSU fans to watch them at home.

"I feel like we'll be back here playing in March," Webb said. "We've hit a point in the season where we're starting to turn that corner and realize that we're a family. We play better when we're playing together. Now that we've gotten to that point, we're starting to gel out there on the court."

The Lady Tigers only need one win to secure a winning record in SEC play, and they couldn't have asked for an easier opponent to continue its four-game winning streak. Alabama is tied with Ole Miss for last in the SEC and comes into Thursday's game on an eight-game losing streak.

Add in the fact that Alabama has not beaten LSU since the 2002 season, and the odds of a Crimson Tide upset seem minuscule, at best. But the Lady Tigers are not laying back.

"We know that our biggest opponent is ourselves," Caldwell said. "... They understand that just because there's not a number in front of Alabama's name does not mean that they're not a worthy opponent. We need to play this game like we are one of the best teams in the country and execute our game plan no matter who we're going up against."

Coming off her career-high in points, junior guard Jeanne Kenney is still recovering from a foot injury. Caldwell said that Kenney will play and come off the bench like she did against Kentucky, but Caldwell admitted that she would like to give Kenney as much rest as she can.

Junior forward Theresa Plaisance, who was ousted as the conference's leading scorer last week, reclaimed the top spot with a 20-point outing on Sunday.

After taking a hard fall that sidelined her for the final four minutes of Sunday's game, junior forward Shanece McKinney will start against Alabama on Thursday, Caldwell said.

After Thursday's home finale, LSU will travel to No. 13 Texas A&M for its final regular-season game.